Hat-pin.



W. J. STEWART.

HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-2. IsIs.

1,1 I Patented May 23, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed October 2, 1915. Serial Ito. 53,813.

To all whom it may concern a citizen of the United States, residing atJennie, in the county of Chicot and State of Arkansas, have invented newand useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which the following is aspecification. I

This invention relates to hat pins, scarf pins and the like, and it hasfor its object to produce a device of the class described in which thepoint will not protrude in an objectionable and dangerous manner whenthe pin is being used in its customary manner.

A further object of the invention is to produce a pin having a pointedpenetrating member movably connected therewith and adapted to be movedto an obstructing position when the pin is being used so as .to preventthe accidental withdrawal or loss of the pin. p

A further object of the invention is to produce a pin possessing theaforesaid characteristics, the same being of simple and improvedconstruction.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better-understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood, that no limitationis necessarily made to the preoise'structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hat pin constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the pin as seenat right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line3.3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a viewsimilar to Fig. 2, but showing thepenetrating member disposed at right angles to the shank orbody of thepin to prevent withdrawal of the latter. Fig. 5 is a perspective detailview. showing the shank and the penetrating member separated.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The shank or body 15 of the improved pinhas at one end thereof alongitudinal recess16 to receive a tongue 17 extending from the point orpenetrating member 18. The tongue 17 has a. longitudinal slot 19 for thepassage of a fastening member, such as a r1vet 20, extendingtransversely through the shank of the pin at the recessed end thereof.The tongue 17 has at its inner end a projecting lip or looking member 21for the accommodation of which a notch 22 is provided at the inner endof the recess 16.

It will be seen that when the parts are assembled, the slot 19 permitsthe penetrating member to be moved longitudinally to enable the lip 21to be engaged with the notch 22, thereby preventing the penetratingmember from being moved or rotated about the axis of the rivet 20. Byslightly retractingthe penetrating member longitudinally-with respect tothe shank 15 it maybe swung or moved to a position substantially atright angles to said shank, as will be. seen in Fig. 4, therebypreventing the withdrawal of the pin.

If desired, a small coiled spring 23 may be placed in the slot 19betweenthe inner end of said slot and the rivet 20 to exert an inwardtension on the penetratin member, whereby the lip 21 will be retalned inengagement with the notch 22.

The contactingportions of the shank 15 and the penetrating member 18 arereferably rounded, as ndicated at 24, or the double purpose of assistingin retaining the parts in position with the penetrating mem berextending in alinement with the shank of the pin and also facilitatingthe operation of moving it to a position substantially at right anglesto the shank. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a device of the class described, a shank having at one end alongitudinal recess pro vided with a notch at its inner end, apenetrating member having a tongue engaglng said recess, said tonguebeing provided with through the slotted tongue, the contacting Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature portions of the shank and thepenetrating in presence of two witnesses. member being rounded topresent arcuate meeting faces; in combination'with a spring WALTERSTEWART 5 fitted in the slot of the tongue between the Witnesses:

fastening member and the inner nd wall of K. LUCAS,

the slot.

H. BLACK.

